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Re:Walmart router, others on Amazon, eBay have hidden backdo... by mulmen on Monday November 23, 2020 @07:29PM (#25193737)
Sure, this is why I have almost no IoT things. The only thing I can think of is my scale.

I'm curious if you have suggestions for a hackable home automation/IoT hub that I can use without giving it access to the internet. I'm happy to DIY anything that doesn't deal with mains voltage.

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Re:Walmart router, others on Amazon, eBay have hidden backdo... by ixwt on Tuesday November 24, 2020 @12:13AM (#25195507)
A friend pointed me to Home Assistant[0] after I said I was going to look into Hubitat[1].

[0]: https://www.home-assistant.io/ [1]: https://hubitat.com/

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Re:Walmart router, others on Amazon, eBay have hidden backdo... by jeanofthedead on Wednesday November 25, 2020 @12:32PM (#25211784)
There's also Homebridge/HOOBS, if you want to link 3rd-party IoT devices to Apple Homekit. Many of the plugins run locally.

Homebridge: https://homebridge.io HOOBS: https://hoobs.org

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